• Free and Open to the Public
• Lecture at 7PM
• Concessions served including snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

Jason Laney, Warning Coordination Meteorologist

National Weather Service – El Paso/Santa Teresa

Climate Change: A “Hot” Topic for the NWS

Synopsis:

In the wake of what has turned out to be one of, if not the hottest summers ever both  locally and  globally, the NWS is doing its part to warn and educate the public not only of the dangers that heat possesses, but all of the extreme weather that is resulting from climate change. Faced with a looming climate crisis, NOAA and the NWS are meeting the challenge head-on by getting vital weather, water and climate information and data in the hands of community and business decision makers to reduce the impacts of climate change as we work to build a “Climate Ready Nation”.

We will look at the ways that our local El Paso NWS office communicated and warned on the excessive heat this past summer, including how they used a detailed risk assessment that was centered around local vulnerabilities to improve the local warning process.  Better yet, we will look ahead to the upcoming summer season to see if we can expect a repeat of 2023.